Born June 2, 1930, in Winchester, Massachusetts, and raised in Maine, Firth is the son of Everett E. and Rosemary Firth. His father was a successful trumpet and cornet player who started young Vic on the instrument when he was only four. Fortunately for the world of percussion, Firth was not destined for a career as a cornetist. He soon began to study arranging, with additional lessons on trombone, clarinet, piano and percussion.

By the time he was in high school, he had gravitated full-time to percussion, studying first with Robert Ramsdell and later with George Lawrence Stone, Salvy Cavicchio and Larry White. By the age of sixteen he was actively pursuing a career as the leader of his own 18-piece big band, playing vibes and drumset throughout the New England area. (For more information please visit http://www.pas.org/About/HofDetails.cfm?IFile=firth).

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Firth, Vic. Published by Carl Fischer, New York. Copyright 2003. Vic Firths three solo impressions (for 2, 3, and 4 timpani) are cornerstones of the timpani repertoire. Republished in one volume, with a CD containing audio performance and MIDI version.